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I'm not sure what he's talking about regarding the Android web browser. In my experience, it's been essentially the same as the Mobile Safari in terms of exper

• woobar 15y ago
  He posted a link [1] to video comparing browsers on Nexus S and iPhone 3GS. The difference is even more striking if you consider that Nexus S is 1.5 years newer. [1] http://vimeo.com/30050423 http://vimeo.com/30050423
  • barrkel 15y ago
    I've never had an experience as bad as that shown in the video on my Nexus One, a phone older than the Nexus S. It looks like he might have Flash installed - that's a mistake, as the Android browser's "on demand" option for plugins doesn't disable Flash reliably. Apart from that, it's clear that Android does not render to a GPU texture and scroll around, and this makes the iOS browser feel a lot slicker, but the difference between it and my N1 is small - and the iOS approach frequently leaves large grey blocks when scrolling quickly that need to get redrawn, because GPU texture size is limited. Here's a different video, to demonstrate (Nexus One without Flash vs iPhone 4 running iOS 4): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gZiSG3TmdY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gZiSG3TmdY
• jlembeck 15y ago
  As a web developer, the Android web browser is now a constant nemesis for me. It's painfully slow and it doesn't adhere to HTML5 standards worth a damn. iOS5's mobile safari works just like regular Safari, Android's browser, I don't know what it works like, but it certainly is the first thing I'd replace when I got an Android phone.